Holder for phonograph records



Oct. 19 1943. s. BEDER 2,332,193

HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Filed Aug. 20, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1FIG.6.

. INVENTOR. 6 I'M t- BEDER Oct. 19, 1943. s. BEDER 2,332,193

HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Filed Aug. 2O, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR. 9"! uE EEDER yrro/q/ve'y Patented Oct. 19, 1943 1 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 2,332,193 I I Q I HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS ISamuel Eeder, New York, N. Y. I Application August 20, 1941, Serial No.407,559

.10 Claims.

This invention relates'toholders for phonograph records.

An objectof this invention is to' provide a holder of the characterdescribed, in which the phonograph record envelopes are slidably mountedso that they may be selectively moved forward to project from the holdersufficiently to permit removal of a desired record, means beingfurthermore provided to permit removal of any or all of the envelopesfor replacement of torn envelopes.

et a further object of this invention is to provide a holder of thecharacter described, so constructed that a number of such holders may bereadily mounted within any cabinet, for example, a: phonograph cabinet.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a compact, neat anddurable holder of the character described, supporting a relatively largenumber of phonographrecords, which shallbe relatively inexpensivetomanufacture, easy to manipulate, and yet practical and efficient to ahigh degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the followingclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which are shown various possibleillustrative embodiments fofthis invention, I

Fig. 1 is a perspective v" w of a phonograph record holder embodying theinvention shown, for the purpose of illustration, as a portable case forrecords; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken 2 2 of Fig. 1; h

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on lin 4-6 of Fig. 2; i

Fig. 5 is a partial View similar to Fig. l, and

on line showing one of the envelopes pulled forward to permit removal ofthe phonograph record;

Fig. 8 isa perspective View of a plurality of phonograph recordenvelopes mounted on a hanger;

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of a hanger; Fig. 10, is a cross-sectionalView taken on line Ill-40 of Fig. 9; and Fig. 11 is a side elevationalview taken on lin ll-H ofFig. 9. p g

Referring now in detail to the drawings, [0 designates a phonographrecord holder embody,- ing the invention. The same-comprises a case llhaving a bottom wall l2, a top wall 13, side walls l4 and a rear walll5. The case is open at the front. The front of the'case may be closedby a hinged door I'L. The case may furthermore be provided with a straphandle la at the top, whereby to permit the holder to be carried around,thus making the same a portable phonoe graph holder. f

The inner surfaces of side walls M of the case are formed, adjacent the.upper ends thereof, with similar, aligned, horizontal rail grooves 22extending to the front open end of the case. The

grooves 22 are widened or enlarged downwardly,

as at 23 at the rear ends thereof; Thus, the rear portions 23 of thegrooves 22 are of greater vertical height or width than the front endsthereof.

Supported on and between the side walls M of the case is a hanger .25forphonograph record envelopes 25. Theholder 25 may be made of metalwire, or of any other suitable material and is substantiallyrectangular. The same has parallel side portions 23 and parallel frontand end portions 29. The length of 'the side portions 28 issubstantially equal to the lengths of the widened portions 23 of grooves22, and said portions of the hanger 25 rest within the groove portions23 when the hanger is pushed back in grooves 23. The front and rearportions 29 are formed with fiat, parallel, transverse grooves 30 in theupper sides thereof for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

The width of groove 22 is sufficient to permit the hanger to beslidablyrnoved through said grooves. Thus, the hanger 25 may be insertedthrough the grooves 22, pushed rearwardly and will then drop into grooveportions 23.

It will be noted that the shoulders 23s at the forward ends of thegroove portions 23 serve as stops to prevent the hanger fromaccidentally sliding forwardly out of the case.

A plurality of record envelopes are slidably mounted on the hanger 25.The envelopes 26 are formed adjacent the upper edges thereof withhorizontal registering slots 32, longer than the side portions 28 of thehanger 25. Portions 29 of hanger extend transversely through theregistering slots 32 and the upper edges 35 of said slots engage withinthe slots 30 of the hanger, so that the envelopes will not shiftsideways.

It will now be understod that each envelope may be slidably movedforwardly to project through the front open end of the case H, to permitremoval of the record within said envelope. The envelopes may benumbered in series as by tabs 35. Should any envelopes be torn or needreplacement, the entire hanger 2'5 together with the envelopes 26 may beremoved from the case H, to permit replacement of the envelopes. Toremove the hanger, it is lifted in groove portions 23 to clear theshoulders at the front ends of said groove portions. The hanger togetherwith the envelopes may then be reinserted into the case.

In Fig. 7 there is shown a cabinet 48, such as a phonograph cabinet or aradio cabinet. Mounted within the cabinet 49 are one or more phonographrecord holders [0a, embodying the invention, and illustrating a modifiedform thereof. The holders [Ga each comprise a member 4! made of wire.Each member 4| comprises a bottom rectangular member 42 made of wire andcomprising parallel side portions 43 and parallel end portions 44. Theend portions 44 may each be provided with a pair of intermediate loops45 to receive screws 46 or other fastening members for fastening member4! to the bottom wall 48 of the cabinet.

Welded or otherwise attached to each side portion 43 of member 42, is avertical side member 58. Members 50. are parallel to each other, andonly one thereof will be described. Each member 50 may be made of asingle piece of wire and comprises vertical, parallel end portions 5|,from the upper ends of which there extend inwardly short horizontalportions 52. EXtending inwardly from the lower ends of portions 5i arehorizontal, aligned portions 53 contacting the side portions 43 ofmember 42. Extending upwardly from the inner ends of portions 53 arevertical portions 54, from which there extends inwardlyaligned,horizontal portions 55 aligned with the wire end portions 52. Extendingdownwardly from the inner ends of portions 55 are vertical portions 56interconnected by a bottom horizontal portion 5'! likewise contactingone of the side portions 43 of member 42.

Mounted on and attached to the upper ends of members 50, is arectangular member 60 made of wire, and having parallel side portions 6|contacting the portions 52 and 55 of members 50, and end portions 62interconnecting the side portions 6|. Members 69 and 42 are in alignmentand in horizontal planes as shown in the drawings. Member 60 may beattached to the upper ends of members 50 likewise by welding or in anyother suitable manner.

Fixed to the inner sides of members 50 adjacent the upper ends thereofare a pair of similar aligned parallel members or rails HI, each made ofa single piece of Wire. Each member 10 comprises aligned end portions Hinterconnected by a depressed horizontal portion 12 disposed at a levellower than portion H. The portions ll of each member l8 contact and arefixed to portions 5| and 54 of member 50, Whereas, the depressed portion12 contacts and is attached to portions 56 of member 59.

The hanger 25 may be inserted between members 5B and above members 10,and pushed back until it drops onto the depressed portions 12 of memberIt. The envelopes 26 are thus slidably supported on the hanger, which inturn is mounted on member 4|.

It will now be understood that any suitable number of members Ida may bemounted in any suitable cabinet space.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of thi invention are achieved, and which is well adaptedto meet the conditions of practical use. As various possible embodimentsmight be made of the above invention, and as various changes might bemade in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that allmatter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a support, a hanger, re cessed means on said supportto receive and support said hanger against sliding movement, means onsaid support to slidably support said hanger upon lifting said hangerout of said receiving means to permit said hanger to be slidably movedoff said support and a plurality of envelopes having registering slotsreceiving said hanger, said envelopes being wholly supported by saidhanger, the length of said slots being greater than the length of aidhanger.

2. In combination, a support having parallel portions, a hanger mountedon and between said parallel portions and adapted to be removedtherefrom, means on said support to hold the hanger against slidingmovement, and a plurality of phonograph record envelopes disposedbetween said portions and having means to slidably engage said hanger,said envelopes being adapted to be selectively pulled forwardly on saidhanger, and means on said hanger to keep the envelopes in spacedparallel relative positions.

3. In combination, a case having side walls, said side walls beingformed on the inner surfaces thereof and adjacent the upper ends thereofwith horizontal grooves, the rear portions of said grooves being wideneddownwardly, a hanger having side portions, and portions interconnectingsaid side portions, said side portions being received within the widenedportions of said grooves, and being adapted to be raised and movedthrough the narrow portions of said grooves, out of the case, and aplurality of phonograph record envelopes having registering slots, theinterconnecting portions of said hangers extending transversely throughsaid registering slots, said registering slots being longer than theside portions of said hangers.

4. In combination, a support, means to attach said support to a cabinet,said support having parallel vertical portions, a hanger between saidparallel portions, said hanger being capable of being slidably insertedbetween said portions and slidably removed therefrom, means on saidparallel portions to retain said hanger against forward slidingmovement, after said hanger has been inserted between said parallelportions a predetermined distance, a plurality of phonograph recordenvelopes having registering slots, said hanger passing through saidslots and permitting said phonograph record envelopes to be selectivelyslidably moved forwardly on the hanger.

5. A member comprising top and bottom rectangular frames, and a pair ofparallel, vertical side frames interconnecting the sides of said top andbottom frames, and rails on the inner sides of the side frames, saidrails naving intermediate depressed portions, a rectangular hangerhaving side portions and interconnecting portions, the side portions ofsaid hanger being received on the depressed portions of said rails.

6. A member comprising top and bottom rectangular frames, and a pair ofparallel, vertical side frames interconnecting the sides of said top andbottom frames, rails on the inner sides of the side frames, said railshaving intermediate depressed portions, a rectangular hanger having sideportions and interconnecting portions, the

side portions of said hanger being received on the depressed portions ofsaid rails, and a plurality of phonograph record envelopes havingregistering slots, the interconnectingportions of said hanger passingtransversely through said slots.

7. A member comprising top and bottom rectangular frames, and a pair ofparallel, vertical side frames interconnecting the sides of said top andbottom frames, rails on the inner sides of the side frames, said railshaving intermediate depressed portions, a rectangular hanger having sideportions and interconnecting portions, the side portions of said hangerbeing received on the depressed portions of said rails, and a pluralityof phonograph record envelopes having registering slots, theinterconnecting portions of said hanger passing transversely throughsaid slots, said slots being longer than the side portions of saidhanger, whereby said envelopes may be slidably moved on said hanger.

8. A member comprising top and bottom rectangular frames, and a pair ofparallel, vertical side frames interconnecting the'sides of said top andbottom frames, rail onthe inner sides of the side frames, said railshaving intermediate deside portions and interconnecting portions, theside portions of said hanger being received on the depressed portions ofsaid rails, and a plurality of phonograph record envelopes havingregistering slots, the interconnecting portions of said hanger passingtransversely through said slots, said slots being longerthan the sideportions of said hanger, whereby said envelopes maybe'slidably moved onsaid hanger, said bottom frame being formed with portions to receivefastening means for fastening the same to the cabinet.

9. In combination, a member, a hanger removably mounted thereon, and a'plurality of phonograph record envelopes having registering slotsslidably receiving said hanger, said hanger comprising a pair ofparallel spaced portions disposed transversely of said envelope andpassing through said slots, and said envelopes being wholly supported bysaid portions of said hanger, the length of said slots being greaterthan the distance between said parallel portions of said hanger, saidportions of said hanger havin grooves to engage said envelopes. v

10. In combination, a member adapted to receive a plurality ofphonograph record envelopes inserted therein in vertical positions, ahorizontal hanger removably mounted Within said member, said memberhaving means to retain said hanger against sliding movement, butpermitting said hanger to be lifted off said retaining means and drawnforwardly out of said member, said envelopes being formed withregistering slots longer than the hanger, portions of said hangerextending through said registering slots, and said envelopes beingwholly supported on said hanger, and said envelopes being individuallymovable forwardly on-said hanger.

' SAMUEL BEDER'.

pressed portions, a rectangular hanger having

